Etymology

hounding

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Today it means: Pursuit, especially when persistent or relentless. Full definition →

English hound ← Middle English hound ← Old English hund
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱwṓ
  2. Proto-Germanic*hundaz
  3. Proto-West Germanic*hund
  4. Old Englishhund
  5. Middle Englishhound
  6. Englishhound
  7. English todayhounding

From hound + -ing.

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